THE BOOK OF BIRDS 



COMMON BIRDS OF TOWN AND COUNTRY 



AND 



AMERICAN GAME BIRDS 



HENRY W. HENSHAW 



Formerly Chif.f Uniied S"rATi:s Bidlocicai, Surity 



Illustrated in Natural Colors with 250 Paintixcjs 



LOUIS AGASSrz FUERTES 



With Chapters on "Encouraging Birds Around the 

 Home," b-i' E. H. Kennard; "The Mysteries of Bird 

 Migration," by \Vells W. Cooke, and "How" Birds Can 

 Take Their 0«'n Portraits," by George Shiras, 3rd, 



AND 45 Il.EUS'l'RATlONS AND li ChARTS IN P)LACK AND \\'hITE. 



Pl'BI.ISHin BY IHK 



national geographic societv 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 

 U S. A. 



